A method for configuring a user device to which a plurality of identifiers, each uniquely identifying the user in at least one communications network, is allocated. The method includes, for at least one application: obtaining at least one rule associating, with at least one flow of the application, at least one slice of the at least one communications network for routing data relating to the at least one flow and an item of information connecting the slice to an identifier from among the plurality of identifiers of the user; and configuring the user device with the at least one rule such that it executes the at least one rule when accessing the application.
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2. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one rule is acquired when associating the user equipment with said at least one communications network.
3. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one rule comprises a plurality of separate slices.
4. The configuration method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, in said at least one rule, a usage priority is assigned to each of said plurality of separate slices.
5. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acquiring and configuring the user equipment are carried out by using a user interface available on the user equipment.
7. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one rule comprises an identifier of said application.
8. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said application is an application installed on said user equipment.
9. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least two of said identifiers allocated to the user identify said user on two different communication networks.
10. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least two of said identifiers allocated to the user identify said user on the same communication network.
11. The configuration method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one rule associates a plurality of slices corresponding to separate communications networks with at least one flow of an application.
13. The rule management method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising assigning, in at least one determined rule comprising a plurality of slices of said at least one communications network, a usage priority to each slice.
14. The rule management method as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one determined rule comprising a plurality of slices of said at least one communications network comprises an instruction for distributing a load over said plurality of slices.
15. The rule management method as claimed in claim 12, wherein rules associated with flows of various applications comprise usage priorities for said rules.
18. The user equipment as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a plurality of USIMs (Universal Subscriber Identity Modules) and/or network cards, each card and/or each USIM module being associated with a separate identifier from among said plurality of identifiers.
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December 18, 2020
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